Re: PL/pgSQL Debugger Support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: PL/pgSQL Debugger Support
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Msg-id 20050623175442.GA12181@surnet.cl
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In response to Re: PL/pgSQL Debugger Support  ("Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>)
Responses Re: PL/pgSQL Debugger Support
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:40:18PM -0400, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> >Denis Lussier <denisl@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> > 
> >
> >>I got to thinking it'd be kewl if PgAdmin3 supported an interactive
> >>debugger for pl/pgsql.
> >
> >That's been kicked around before, although I don't think anyone wants to
> >tie it to pgAdmin specifically.  Check the archives...
> 
> I didn't find anything relevant after a quick search, but if memory 
> serves, one of the objections to PgAdmin was that it was windows only.  
> This of course is no longer true as of PgAdmin III 1.0.  It now support 
> Win32, Linux and FreeBSD.  So perhaps that objection is no longer valid.

I think the point is that we will have to make some modifications to
PL/pgSQL, so why not make sure we write something that any tool can use?
Say, a well-defined BE/FE protocol extension.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]surnet.cl>)
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